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Reforming Britain

Reforming Britain . Chapter 23 Sections 1 &2. Problems in Parliament. 1815 Britain was a constitutional monarchy with a two party parliament Less than 5% of people had the right to vote Catholics and non-Anglicans could not vote or serve in Parliament

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Reforming Britain

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  1. Reforming Britain Chapter 23 Sections 1 &2

  2. Problems in Parliament • 1815 Britain was a constitutional monarchy with a two party parliament • Less than 5% of people had the right to vote • Catholics and non-Anglicans could not vote or serve in Parliament • Industrial Revolution created “rotten boroughs” • Towns that had few residents that could vote, but still sent elected officials to Parliament

  3. Reforming Parliament • Reform Act of 1832 • Whig Party- represented middle class and business interests • Tory Party- represented nobles and land owners • Bill finally passed and gave representation to the industrial cities as well as eliminated the “rotten boroughs” • Enlarged the amount of people that could vote • Still had a property requirement to vote • Chartists (made the People’s Charter) • Universal male suffrage • Annual parliamentary elections • Salaries for members of parliament • Secret ballot

  4. Victorian Era • Queen Victoria • Her values came to define an era • Duty • Thrift • Honesty • Hard work • Respectability • Encouraged confidence in the middle class and working class

  5. Benjamin Disraeli & William Gladstone • Benjamin Disraeli – shifted the Tories into the Conservative Party • William Gladstone – Whig party evolved into the Liberal Party • Reform Bill of 1867 • Disraeli & Conservative Party • Gave voting rights to many working class men • 1880s Gladstone & Liberal Party • Voting rights to farm workers and most other men

  6. House of Lords • Many bills that passed the House of Commons were defeated in the House of Lords • 1911 Liberal led government passed a bill to restrict the power of the lords by threatening to replace the lords

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